NUTR 3070 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Cognitive Theory, Cognitive Evaluation Theory, Consciousness Raising
17 Apr 2016
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People progress through 6 stages of change on the way to permanently adopting a behaviour: Preparation (intends to take action within 30 days, has taken steps) Processes of change are activities that people use to move through the stages: Self-evaluation (behaviour change is important part of one"s identity) Environmental reevaluation (negative impact behaviour has on environment) Social liberation (social norms changing to support healthy behaviour. A person"s intention, their readiness to engage in new behaviour, is weighted by: Attitudes: their overall feelings or evaluations of the behaviour. Injunctive: perception that people think you should/shouldn"t do the behaviour. Descriptive: perception that people are/aren"t doing the behaviour. Self-ef cacy: belief that one has skills/abilities to do behaviours even under dif cult circumstances. Control beliefs: belief that certain circumstance will be present when doing behaviour. Perceived power: perception that those circumstance will make behaviours easy/dif cult.
